split the ears
Example Sentences
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They reacted with a fury that split the ears.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025
In an instant an echoing cry sounded all over the town—a shriek fit to split the ears.
From Twilight Land by Pyle, Howard
Let him split the ears of the groundlings, let him out-Herod Herod,—the judicious might grieve, but all would be excitedly attentive.
From Selections From the Works of John Ruskin by Ruskin, John
He was a practical politician before he "took the stump" against Christianity, and at all times he has proved his capacity to "split the ears of the groundlings," and make the unskillful laugh.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green
Squealing to split the ears, the pig-tapirs came galloping past the tree, making for a piece of water some 108 furlongs further on, where doubtless they hoped to evade both the lion and the rhinoceros.
From In the Morning of Time by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
